Social media users made sarcastic remarks about the situation and joked that it was merely a tradition for the MPs to doze ...

The United States’ recognition of North Korea as a nuclear state is something Japan would never endorse. On this issue and ...

Japan is staking its claim in Africa’s venture capital market, as it pivots from traditional aid to context-sensitive venture ...

Japan's reflationist advocates of expansionary fiscal policy are making a comeback in economic decision-making with some hand ...

New Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is unlikely to bring meaningful party reforms unless the LDP breaks free of factional party dynamics and funding scandals.

Japans economic landscape is shifting as reflationist advocates of expansionary fiscal policy regain influence under Prime ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

This dissolution, which came later in the afternoon and just eight days after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba took office, ...

After a year in office, Shigeru Ishiba resigned as Japan’s prime minister following the LDP–Komeito coalition’s major electoral defeats. Sanae Takaichi emerged victorious from the LDP presidential ...

Japan and South Korea are experiencing a period of rapprochement after decades marked by distrust and strained relations. The two countries have announced increased cooperation in specific areas such ...

Oct. 15 (UPI) --The Japanese Diet is scheduled to vote on the nation's next prime minister on Tuesday, which has political parties angling to gain support for their preferred candidates. Sanae ...